How much do you know about colors? How well you know how to use them? And it doesn't matter if you are a web designer or a photographer. Photographer designs his frame instead of the web page. The article "Choosing Color Combinations" is written for web designers in mind, but as a photographer you better know it as well.
Don't forget to check the links provided in the article. For example, the link to "Color in Motion" directs you to a nicely done interactive flash movie, where you can learn about meaning of the colors and the message they may convey.

Zenit is one of the famous Russian manufacturers. Well, you may not know it, but in Russia it was famous for quite some time (I am russian and know). The camera has not changed much since then, though here is something new - Zenit Fotosniper Camera. The package includes:

• Zenit 122S SLR camera,
• TAIR 300/4.5 super-telephoto lens,
• Rifle mount with shutter trigger and thumb-aligned focusing,
• 5 optical glass filters,
• Large Vinyl gadget case to carry everything

At EditorialPhoto.Com you can find some interesting articles. One of those articles (very long one) has two parts (1 and 2) and called "War on Photographers". Do you want to know what is about? Here is an excerpt from there, which may give you an idea:
"If you are an assignment or freelance photographer, congratulations because you are on the road to extinction. Photographers, such as yourselves, have lost a war they didn't fight. Many of you didn't even realize that you've lost it...
"You are facing issues like right grabs, non payment from clients, non payment from stock agencies, large and small. Lost images, unscurpulous reps, bankruptcy filings, tight budgets, both real and imagined. We are going to try to deal with many of these issues as possible..."

Note: The photograph here is taken by Tech. Sgt. Jennifer C. Wallis, U.S. Air Force (available at DefenseLink).

The cell phones and hand-helds more and more come into our lives. There are video, TV, podcasts, web surfing and other stuff. And web surfing through PDAs and handhelds opens some new doors and new issues. For those of you who want to provide the web content for mobile users I recommend to read the Series about Mobile Web Design. These series of pages are filled up with a bunch of useful links and tips. It may take a while to read it fully.

There is a tutorial on ePhotoZine website - "Black & white high key effects in Photoshop technique". In this article you will find out about two ways to create high key black and white photographs using Channel Mixer, Gradient Map and Dodge/Burn tools.